Ovate Field Notes: Vol. 3

One of the most useful skills I’ve acquired in the Ovate grade, is that of making my own journals. I never considered myself a particularly consistent journaler, but now looking over my work not only during this grade, but in the Bardic grade, and even back to college and high school, I’ve written a fair amount. […]

Water, Water, Everywhere

Back in September of 2014, I had asked a good friend and seer to do a reading for me for the coming year. Much to my dismay, she said, “You’re not done healing yet. You’ll be crying in your sleep because you can’t deal with these emotions rising to the surface. You need to let […]

January Hearthside: The Faerie Realms

This past Monday, those of us who were fortunate enough to have Martin Luther King Day off gathered at Sarah Fuhro’s house to have a discussion about and meditation on the faerie realm (or realms, depending on your perceptions of such things). Sadly I arrived late, and so missed the beginning of the hearthside, but […]

Awen #13: The Final Rite

I’ve wanted to sit awhile with the ripples from the final piece of the Cauldron Born ritual before blogging about it. And honestly, I’m not going to say all that much as I think most folks will get more out of doing it for themselves than reading about my experience on the internet. I will say […]

Samhuinn 2014 Redux

Just when everyone is sick of Halloween posts in the blogosphere…here we go! Samhuinn and Alban Arthan are the two holy times that last more than a single day in my personal practice. I’ve written about my extended Alban Arthan celebration before, but Samhuinn has been developing more slowly. This year feels like it finally […]